In Our Schools: Jan. 29

Brookfield Academy

Five academy middle school teams placed in the top 10 of all 253 middle school teams participating in the Wisconsin State Stock Market simulation. In first place: Harsimran Kalsi, Eric Minessale and Joe Doyle; second place: Ava Schneider, Shalini Gundamraj and Jason Tan; third place: Michael Doherty, Rhea Nangia and Serenea Shah; fourth place: Parker Kuhlman, Taylor Just, Navjot Singh; and 10th place: Jonathan Lee, Alex Zhu and Ram Gollapudy. Statewide, more than 3,600 students and 1,221 teams participated.

Brookfield Central

One of two BCHS teams finished fourth on Saturday at the Wisconsin regional championship in the U.S. Department of Energy's National Science Bowl for high school students. Adam El-Meanawy, Sarah El-Meanawy, Suzy Kim, Tarun Jella and Brian Zhu made it into the afternoon double elimination rounds in a field of 20 teams. Central's second team of Lily Chen, Jason Hubler, Amritha Jayashankar, Emily Lowerr and Ricardo Matias finished 2-2 in the first round of play and did not advance. Zoya Ammar attended as an alternate. The teams are coached by BCHS science teacher Kevin Thompson.

Brookfield East

The forensics team had a solid first weekend of competition at the Appleton East Forensics Tournament on Saturday. They took 34 students to the tournament, 14 of which made it to the final rounds. The team placed second overall. The following 14 students made it to finals: Zane Houlihan, third place, demonstration; Jakob Brecheisen, third place, extemporaneous; Will Bartkowski, first place, four-minute; Vincent Ryan, fourth place, four-minute; Noah Haselow, finalist, four-minute; Nithin Alexander, finalist, group discussion; Robyn DiGiacinto, third place, oral interpretation, and fourth place, solo serious; Hannah Shepher, finalist, oratory; Apoorva Selvaraj, second place, public address; Andrew Kluck, fourth place, radio; Kyle Wessel, first place, solo serious; Andrew Rusnak, finalist, solo humerous; and Heather Patterson, third place, storytelling.

Brookfield Elementary

The school had a fundraiser at Qdoba, 16005 W. Bluemound Road, Tuesday. Ten percent of the cost of meals purchased by participating diners went to the school.

Burleigh Elementary

The fourth-graders have been learning what life was like in the wilds of Wisconsin in the 1860s. Students spend a day at Ye Olde School House in West Bend and attend the play "Laura Ingalls Wilder" at the Wilson Center. These "being-there" activities help tie into the students' study of Wisconsin history.

Dixon Elementary

At 6 p.m. Feb. 5, Dixon is going to have a special guest for its ACE Family Night Concert. The Milwaukee Brass 5 will perform in the gym. These brass musicians explore various styles of music, including popular tunes, while teaching the audience all about brass instruments. This fun and engaging ensemble will show attendees everything they ever wanted to know about the making of brass instruments. The group has two trumpets, a French horn, a trombone and a tuba. The class with the most kids in attendance will get a music party at the end of the year.

Elm Grove

Evangelical Lutheran

On Feb. 1, the school will experience High Interest Day, when physicians, police officers, dentists, nurses and others from the community will explain their occupations to the students. This will give the children the opportunity to see the many options available to them as they begin to plan their futures. In other news, the fifth- and sixth-grade basketball Spirit Tournament will be held Feb. 7 through Feb. 10.

Fairview South

Again this year, students from the Senior Shared Life Project at Marquette University High School will spend two weeks at Fairview South volunteering in classrooms. The Marquette High program allows students to volunteer in many settings in the Milwaukee area, including Fairview South, to gain insights into some of society's needs and to gain understanding of their role in serving others.

Immanuel Lutheran

Immanuel Lutheran is celebrating National Lutheran School's Week by doing special events each day. Activities for the week include Board Game Day, Carpet Bowling and Ping Pong in the gym, field trips to Concordia University and Milwaukee Lutheran High School, and making bookmarks to send to a Lutheran School in the

Dominican Republic.

Pilgrim Park

Middle School

Tickets for the student production of "Disney's The Little Mermaid, Jr." are on sale now at Wilson-Center.com or by calling the Wilson Center box office at (262) 781-9520. The show will be performed at 7 p.m. Feb. 14 and 15 and 2 p.m. Feb. 16. Tickets cost $10 for adults and $8 for students and seniors.

St. John Vianney

The fifth-grade students performed a play for the kindergarten class that highlighted the main events of Martin Luther King Jr.'s life. Scenes included were Rosa Parks on the bus, a peace march to protest segregation and quotes from Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous "I Have a Dream" speech.

St. Mary's Visitation

The academic quiz bowl team traveled to Rockford, Ill., recently for the Keith Invitational Tournament at Keith Country Day School. The tournament is sponsored by the IESA Scholastic Bowl. Fourteen members of the St. Mary's quiz bowl team - all junior high students - attended the daylong meet. Quiz bowl is a game in which teams compete head-to-head to answer questions from all areas of knowledge. The defining feature of quiz bowl is the use of a buzzer system that lets players interrupt the reading of a question when they know the answer. Points are earned for the correct answer. This was the team's first away-meet of the season. Since SMV is the only middle school in the state with an academic quiz bowl team, most meets take place in Illinois.

Swanson Elementary

Second-graders are learning about bees, pollination and the benefits the insects give to plants and the ecosystem.

Wisconsin Hills

Middle School

The seventh-grade music trip will take place March 20, with students traveling to Chicago to see the Blue Man Group.

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